Anger of farmers: after the announcement of the measures, the prefect of Gard Jérôme Bonet remains in contact

MM. Chevalier (DDTM), Bonet (préfet), Portal (FDSEA), et Mme Saumade (chambre d'agriculture). MIDI LIBRE – MIKAEL ANISSET

Il a rencontré ce vendredi à Saint-Gilles des représentants des agriculteurs pour faire un point sur les mesures et leur application.

Continue a continuous dialogue with farmers: this is the mission entrusted to the prefects and sub-prefects by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, a few days before the Agricultural Show, to prevent the movement of anger from resuming.

In this logic, the prefect of Gard Jérôme Bonet – who maintains regular telephone contacts with farmers – organized a meeting this Friday with the agricultural unions of Gard at the Uni vert cooperative in Saint Gilles (1). The opportunity to take stock of the measures announced, the difficulties, the subjects of simplification" or even the controls in large and medium-sized stores carried out by the State in recent weeks. "I asked that we increase the number of checks, we will have to hold out over time", indicated Jérôme Bonet.

"Hungry belly has no ears"

S'there has been a lot of talk about the margins of mass distribution, the application of the Egalim law, the short supply chain in canteens dependent on the&# 39;State and local authorities, the questions of aid to wine growers or the organic sector were also raised.

Will the dialogue be sufficient to avoid any resumption of a "suspended" movement? for two weeks according to the term used by Jean-Louis Portal (FDSEA) ? "it would surprise me if things didn't move before the show", declared the "president of the FDSEA David Sève. Hungry stomach has no ear." "We don'we don'pretend to resolve everything before the show. We have long-term deadlines, underlined the prefect of Gard.

(1) All agricultural unions have been invited. The Peasant Confederation was unable to be present, regretting having been informed only a few hours before the meeting.